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2007-10-23 11:44:11 · 3 answers · asked by Valerie5_0 2 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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I believe lattitude and longitude only refer to coordinates on earth. Since the big dipper is in outer space you can not use longitude and lattitude.

2007-10-23 11:59:17 · answer #1 · answered by doctor_T 2 · 0 1

In the celestial sphere the surface is divided in longitude. Instead of 360 degrees and 60 minutes per degree, in the sky it is 24 hours of Right Ascension and 60 minutes per hour. The zero hour of right ascension is the meridian that passes through the vernal equinox. Ther are no latitude hours. celestial latitude is measured in degrees and minutes of "declination north and south of the celestial equator

2007-10-23 12:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 0 0

Not unless you have two clocks, one with the time at a longitude you know and one at the time where you are. This was the problem that dogged navigation until the 18th Century when such a device was invented.

2007-10-23 12:04:12 · answer #3 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0 0

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